Improvement in ironing-tables



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' Patented Feb. 1, 1.876.

NFETERS. PHOTO-LITMOQRAPHER. WASHINGTON D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE. i

JACOB oLoss, oE DECATUR, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,970, dated February 1, 1876; application filed J anliary 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB GLoss, of Decatur, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved ironing-board, shown as applied to a table. Fig. 2 isa side view of the same, the table'being shown in section.

Similar'letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved ironing-board, which shall be so con structed that it may be readily attached to an ordinary table, and which shall be provided with a small board, which may be swung over the large board and secured for use, and swung back out of the way when notrequired for use.

The invention consists in the combination of the dovetailed cross-pieces, the hinged leg, and the hinged brace with the ironing-board, to adaptit to be clamped to the edge of a table-top, and in the combination of the dovetailed cross-pieces, the pivoting-bolt, and the locking-loop with the smaller board, the larger board, and its forward cross-piece, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents an ordinary table. B is the larger ironing-board, to the under side of which, near its forward end, is dovetailed a cross-piece, G, the ends of which 'should project a little beyond the side edges of the said board B. To the lower side of the middle part of the cross-piece O is hinged the upper end of the leg D. The upper end of the leg D is so formed that it may underlap the edge of the table A, and serve as a clamp for securing theend of a board, B, to said table A. The leg D has its lower end beveled off to sit squarely upon the floor, and has notches formed in the upper edge of its middle part to receive the wedge-shaped lower end of the brace E. The lower end of the brace E is made wider than the leg D, and is notched to receive the said leg, so that it may keep in place upon said leg. The upper end of the brace E is hinged to a cross-piece, F, dovetailed into the lower side of the middle part of the board B. By this construction, by placing the forward end of the board B above the edge of a table-top, and the upper end of the leg D below said edge, and sliding the lower end of the brace E up the leg D, the ironingboard will be clamped to said table, and will be firmly and securely supported.

G is the small ironing-board, to the under side of which,.n ear its :forward end, is dovetailed a cross-piece, H, the ends of which project beyond the side edges of the larger board B, so that its ends may be flush with the ends of the cross-piece C. One end of the crosspiece H is pivoted to the end of the cross-piece O by a bolt, I, so that the board G can be swung over the board B when required for use, and when not required for use can be swung back outof the way. To the end of cross-piece O is pivoted a loop, J, which is swung up over the end of the cross-piece H, to lock the smaller board G in place above the larger hoard B. The smaller board Gis held at the proper height above the larger board B by a cross-piece, K, which is dovetailed into the middle part of the under side of the smaller board G, to rest upon the said larger board B, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, lcla'nn as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 'ent l. The combination of the dovetailed cross pieces 0 and F, the hinged leg D, and. the

hinged brace E with the ironing-board B, to

adapt it to be clamped to the edge of a tabletop, substantially as herein shown and described.

. 2. The combination of the dovetailed crosspieces H and K, the pivoting-bolt I, and the locking-loop J with the smaller board G, the larger board B, and the cross-piece '0, substantially as herein shown and described.

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